This was a completely forgotten link, probably from years ago. I don't think that the blog it came from exists anymore, yet the link still works. It's Tommy McCook's "Tenor on the Call". McCook was a saxophonist, one of the handful of horn players that absolutely ruled the ska and early reggae years. He was there at the beginning, in some ways he is the beginning. Along with Roland Alphonso (sax), Don Drummond (trombone), and Bobby Ellis (trumpet), they were everywhere, notably Duke Reid's and Studio One. You be hard pressed to find any ska or reggae cut from 1963-1970 with horns on it that didn't have at least one of them on it; more often than not a couple or more. And there's a lot of stuff where one of them would stand out, front and center. This was one of McCook's moments, a hazy nine minute jam on Studio One. It's a few years later in his career, from 1977, hence the percolating riddim and non-stop relentless stuck in second gear percussion. Nice combo though.
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Listen:
Tommy McCook - Ten Song mix (streaming) at YouTube All "Best of"s are subjective.
Jazz Jamaica - Jazz Jamaica (streaming) at YouTube Early, pre-ska Studio One featuring McCook.
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